Sap-cup support.



PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

C. VARNADORE.

SAP CUP SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, 190a.

lnucufoz CHARLTON VARNADORE, OF KINARD, FLORIDA.

SAP-CUP SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1908. Serial No. 413,787.

Patented April '7, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLTON VARNA- DORE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin at Kinard, in the county of Calhoun and -State ofFlorida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sap-CupSupports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a su port for a sap-cup or other receptacle used ingathering turpentine.

The invention com rises a spikeshaped device adapted to be riven into atree, and having a form which enables it to support the cup in operativeposition as well as in such a position when not in use that water cannotenter thereinto.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a pers ective view showing thesap-cup suporter by the device in position for use, and ig. 2 is avertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing theposition of the cup when not in use.

he device has the sha e of a s ike the shank of which is indicate at 5in t e drawing. At one end of the shank is a sharp driving point 6 andat the other end is a head 7. The shank, adjacent the driving point, isbarbed as indicated at 8 to prevent easy withdrawal, and it also has acollar or shoulder 9 to limit the extent to which it may be driven intothe tree. Adjacent the head 7, a short stem 10 pro'ects laterally fromthe shank 5. This stem as a head 11.

In use, the device is driven into the tree 12 up to the collar 9 in sucha position that the stem 10 will be upwardly presented. The

head 7 enables the device to be readily driven into the tree by means ofa hammer. The sap-cup 13 has a hole 14 whereby it is hung on the devicewith the shank 5 thereof passing through said hole, and the stem 10inside the cup, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. If at the end of the season,it is desired to keep the sap-cup hanging on the tree, it is turned onits side and placed on the device in that position with the open endnext to the tree,

and the stem 10 passin through the hole 14 as shown in Fig. 3. en thesap-cup is in this osition water cannot enter the same, and it will befully protected from injury. The head 11 keeps the sap-cup from slippingoff. The gutters 15 can also be hung up on the device between the cupand the tree, they being provided with holes for this purpose.

The device herein described affords convenient means for supporting thesap-cup during and after the season, and by reason of its simplicity ofconstruction it can be cheaply produced.

I c aim: A sa -cup support comprising a straight shank aving at one enda drivingpoint adapted to enter the tree, and a stem pr0-' j ectinglaterally from the shank adjacent the other end thereof.

In testimony whereof I affi'x my signature,

Witnesses C. L. LAWOLS, M. L. OHAFIN.

